Seattle daily post-intelligencer. [volume] (Seattle, W.T. [Wash.]) 1881-1888, 1887-01-30


.mud odd TO strangers living IN the
F.u.eru or Western States in latitude
Z degrees. or whereabouts, 10 hear us
r,syeIy talk about blowing in midwin-
-. but We are just done, finished Jan.
list
Itwas not about climate. however,
nat Intended 70 write; we sometimes
have TOO mneh climate 70 write about.
hsI said, We were piowing for hops.
usually do what we call double plow-
ing for hops, that is, we run q second
turning plow in the bottom Of the first
iarrow, and In that way get deeper.
On 4 part Of this land we get down "a
inches. while on part we had 10 let
10 little, a. il was too wet. have
oisen prepared sod ground in this way.
mming the first furrow very light and
shen following with the next. beam
saea.n and completely covering the
sgaout d sight, and leaving a fine filth
n sol on top. Several years (for /
have planted hops for fifteen years,
ave oilel have raised fifteen 70 sixteen
hundred pounds per acre the same year
q planting, one year ton and another
rear twenty-f0ur hundred pounds.
/ have In some cases followed this
double pl0wiHg with the subsnil pillow
then We got down TO from sixteen 70
etrhteen inches. Land thoroughly
prepared that way requires but little
cultivation afterwards for hops for the
first year; 80. after all. the Increased
eost IL the blowing is compensated by
shelesser cost Of cultivation. Besides,
one has the certainty of an increased
yield and an assured crop.
| once prepared four acres OF land
eamy White River farm IN this manner
and raised approximately 70 tons Of
carrots on two acres and exactly % tons
Of sugar beets on the remainder. /
hare 20 doubt Il will pay to pillow our
land sixteen inches deep, for root crops
at least Il takes very stout teams 10
dot, and We usually work three abpeast
On each pillow, but the use OF an acre
Of land pi0wed sixteen inches deep Is
worth much more than that same acre
six inches deep, | verify believe twice
as much, bat Il does not cost anyway
near twice n much TO cultivate Ii, and
then weget the use of that hidden cap
iial SIX inches below the surface.
A correspondent from Aberdeen, W
+, writes: GOULD you furnish me
agar beet seed to SOW one acre Of
gr0und7 How do you think they viii
uow on tide land that has been re
tlaimed, and how do they compare with
mangel-wurzels for feeding1"
! have number of such inquiries at
hand. have for years obtained beet
eed for myself and others from the
sugar factory at Alvarado, Cal, and
doubtless viii this year, and viii be
enly too willing 90 supply at cost all who
may wish % plant.
We plant ten pounds seed 10 the acre
il drills I6 to rs inches apart, and then
din 10 six TO eight inches in the row,
and raise from 20 10 81 tons per acre.
Hand culture Is found to be as econ
omical rs with the pillow, using a home
made wheel hoe or horizontal knife
that shaves of the surface; but woe
hstide the person that falls behind in
tie work: FOR, let the weeds once get
be better Of You, and you are gone"
ief The season.
have no doubt the sugar beet viii
Do well on the land described by my
correspondent, that he can grow en-
egmouS crops. and-that one ton OF them
ENorth two tons or more Of mangel-
xnFzels. The richest milk we obtain
N winter Is from sugar beets. Mr.. Al
word has now for several years fed them
- his fattening cattle with excellent
results; that, too, by the hundred tons,
and more each season. and il content
iocantinue after his long practical test,
.ows may net fear 10 plant sugar beets
Tor feed.
There Is an important proposition
hoE before Congress materially Affect
as the interests not only Of the farm
sfs o. Washington Territory, hut Ike
wise all classes within her borders. As
veil known BY all who have followed
We discussions and reports of expert
meuts made, this Territory Is well
adapted 10 the production of sugar on
vast seale from 5he beet: that the
nv sugar from the Hawaiian Islands,
and The worlds cheap sugar resulting
Rom TIE enormous production of beet
l4eaf on the continent IL Europe, and
eef nigh priced labor here as compared
sth other sugar-producing countries
aetS Us on an unequal footing with
aasiAi That, 10 successfully compete
mist either have protection or ~.
slStun u the price ~ labor. Now
Nsaes the uecgssitv Of reducing this
rssnae and with it the proposition e.
saae0 the tariff 10 sevcn-tenths Of &
W pef pound upon imported sugar
- e Plsee bounty OF 3 per ton On
80 ton Of teets or sugar cane raised
3 me nitel States and manufactured
- sugar, or an Equivalent II ons
9eaF.
he Passage Il such law. could ",
~ eesleve L woula he adhered to fol
~ length ot time, would Instant,
h NE attention oi capital 60 invest
80 @ the sugar industry ON the Pa
- oeASs, q which Washington Wouls
~ stF iAu snare,
80 same measure contains 4 PROP
s...ea y abolish the internal rcvenu
sflF1ts used in the arts and SCI
- ,Ah0 manufactures. such actio'
49, easose u "a establish hop ex
~ t@storles, nov prohibited hy IN
- pssee q alcohol. BY far the great
49, g aleehol j. nov the reVenp
- we government let this b. n
100, then alcohol would ~ used II
49, 9 gasoline, as now. the use c
- = = We Cannot reach in coasaauenc
e'ss y freight. We could do $
and would extract many Of on
- tSfiAculsrly la low price YEAR
- saeir weight 90 0ne-tw twelfth the
-. - 2 eile.swentieth. and the cost /
- t@tiou u = nominal sum. r,
- seis, Tie hops would be put i'm
a urn as 10 be a. good ten year
A. s.sstes the report that txent
esssad acres q hops viii he plOwe
ssssfi2nd this wear. hardly b.
49,. aeslgh doubtless there vii I
49, sessctsnn. The fact /. Ver
<frenisee q the English hoI
avsss. ssssas, and have for numb'
IA =. ISL AZ less. A private leat.
ln.ss ssSs.sssea from London states tn
s'Sateen thousand bales